• Melochar @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Poisonous: will make you sick if you eat it. Venomous: will make you sick if it bites or stings you.

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      2 months ago

      Wait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.

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        2 months ago

        If you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases.

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        Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.